I don't get it. 
Gas Can?
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From: Buffalo, NY
Out in the desert doing 90mph pushing all that wind, I could see mileage dropping real low
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From: Fort St.John, BC
I have 2 of the Reda saddlebag cas cans. I bought them for my 4000+ round trip to Sturgis, as I didn’t know what to expect for premium fuel along the way. I never had to use them. It was damn hot that week, and I was worried those cans would pressure up and leak, but they never did. I had my rain gear stuffed in the bags with them and there was no fumes at all.
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From: Kansas
I had a thought about the safety concerns of carrying a jug of fuel. If...for instance...you have a 1 gallon container of gas in your saddlebag and a full tank of fuel, ride about 50 miles and stop somewhere. Pour the gallon of fuel into the tank and continue on your ride. Now you have a full tank of gas and an empty jug which is much less likely to catch fire and make you look like Nicholas Cage's character in the movie "Ghost Rider." Whether you put the gallon of fuel in early, or put it in when you're almost empty, you still have the same fuel range. When you get fuel again fill your tank and the jug. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
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From: Viet Vet, crossroads
Nah i disagree.
You are probably leaning the odds to a disaster with all that screwing around AND-
AND if it is true the fumes are what the danger is- then the full can is less dangerous then the empty.
At least that is what my little mind says.
You are probably leaning the odds to a disaster with all that screwing around AND-
AND if it is true the fumes are what the danger is- then the full can is less dangerous then the empty.
At least that is what my little mind says.
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From: Illinois
I had no idea there could be this much thought put into carrying a fuel can. I guess it's better to be safe than sorry.
I have had close calls with not being able to find a gas station when needed out west. I have always made it a point to carry a can of gas with me when I'm in a truck, but I never have on a bike. I guess if I ever actually run out, I will probably change my mind.
Dennis
I have had close calls with not being able to find a gas station when needed out west. I have always made it a point to carry a can of gas with me when I'm in a truck, but I never have on a bike. I guess if I ever actually run out, I will probably change my mind.
Dennis
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I had a thought about the safety concerns of carrying a jug of fuel. If...for instance...you have a 1 gallon container of gas in your saddlebag and a full tank of fuel, ride about 50 miles and stop somewhere. Pour the gallon of fuel into the tank and continue on your ride. Now you have a full tank of gas and an empty jug which is much less likely to catch fire and make you look like Nicholas Cage's character in the movie "Ghost Rider." Whether you put the gallon of fuel in early, or put it in when you're almost empty, you still have the same fuel range. When you get fuel again fill your tank and the jug. Rinse and repeat as necessary.
Full can is emergency use. Sealed, it stays ready. Empty can has fumes.
If you dump it into your tank, then every time you gas up, you have to refill it and reseal it.
If you empty into your tank, you have to stop fifty or more miles and put it in your tank.
Main use might be to extend your own range when high winds or storms make a rural refill impossible.
When we go to Sturgis, we have 4.5, 5 and 6 gallon Harleys. My 240 mile range might drop to 200 riding into 41 knot wind, but that 4.5 size tanked bike that gets 38 on a good day, is now close to 130 mile range. I carry my Reda when our toruing group has different vintage Harley's. My Reda is the emergency gas for the group.
It is hard for some to fathom the need for spare gas, but they are only showing their lack of experience in touring the West, or that their tours have been limited to the main thoroughfares where seedy (speedy) marts supply gas every 70-100 miles. There are lots of routes, the path not taken by most, that can challenge even the prepared rider. That said, new Shell seedy marts seem to be popping up in the ruralist of places these last few years. But I'll be on our trip the Sturgis this year, that we will have stretches that is test the mpg of the 5 gallon/38 mpg heritages. They are always thankful, knowing that somewhere, we have an extra gallon.